16+ View Photos of The Marx Brothers
16+ View Photos of The Marx Brothers. The marx brothers were one of the most successful performing acts of the twentieth century. They later starred in their own broadway shows, and subsequently in movies. The brothers are almost universally known by their stage names: As the perfect straight man, the other marx brother was invaluable alongside the outrageous trio of groucho, harpo, and chico. Samuel marx, an immigrant tailor, and minna schoenberg, a german vaudevillian turned factory worker, met and married in new york and raised five sons: